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I’m a 17 year old Muay Thai practitioner I’ve been doing it for a little bit more for a year, I thought I would try and get some ring experience so I signed up for this boxing exhibition fight ( not a proper amateur fight doesn’t go on the record) it was set up in a way where you spar with your potential opponents in the lead up before the fight and get a random guy on the night. I’m a southpaw boxer-puncher and I did really well in sparring beating everyone soundly, so on the night the organizers put me with a 73 kg guy who was 3-4 years older than my self ( I’m 67kg by the way, 6 kg difference), obviously from how I did in sparring, everyone thought I would win fairly comfortably, when I got out there that wasn’t the case, the guy didn’t punch all that hard and wasn’t that good of a boxer but had great pressure that I didn’t know how to handle, this made me completely gun shy combined with the crowd (which was 200 odd people at this event) I hardly threw anything which is not like me, and the referee waved it off after I slipped in the second round. Obviously it was humiliating, I’ve never been knocked down before or even been close to being knocked down ( I have a decent chin) but in front of the crowd I forgot everything I thought I knew. It was also the first time I have ever worn a headgear as we don’t wear them in Muay Thai. So that messed with my perception of slipping punches and hand placement. What I want to ask is, did I get screwed over by being given some guy older and heavier than me or do I have to go and figure something out. What is an experienced fighters advice on what I should do next and how I should learn from loss. Thanks a lot.
